Majority of Email is Spam

Okay, we all know that email spam is a big problem. We realise that a large percentage of the messages we receive these days are going to be spurious mail-shots, scams or adverts. However, you might be surprised to realise exactly how much. According to a report released earlier in the week by Symantec, the percentage of email that could be classified as spam is over 90 percent (90.4 to be precise).

The report confirms the widely held fear that the global network of spammers has almost fully recovered from the setback it encountered last year, when many less than reputable servers around the world were closed down. The study also revealed some illuminating insights into exactly how we get spammed – essentially the Americans get their spam early in the morning whilst Europeans get more of a steady stream.

The report basically underlines the need for the technology community to get to grips with the spam & malware phenomenon. Email spam is purely a numbers game – if you can send out 2 million scam emails then you are simply going to get a few takes. Right now it would seem like the numbers are very much in their favour.

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